Crazy Sporting Contests

Takeru Kobayashi

Hot Dog eating Champion

At the 2004 World Hotdog Eating Championships on July 4th, Takeru
Kobayashi, also known as "Food Fighter", or "Tsunami", gulped down 53½ hotdogs in just 12 minutes to set a new
world record! That works out to more than one dog every 15 seconds. Again in 2006, Takeru broke his own World Record, with a fraction more shoved in, 53¾. He has now won the event every year since 2001.

What is more impressive, is that Takeru weighs only 131 pounds.
The prize for being the world champion, he is awarded a trophy,
the championship belt and most importantly a year's supply of hotdogs.

In 2007, Kobayashi lost the title in a tight competition to American Joey Chestnut. That ended Kobayashi's 6 year winning streak.